Southwest Jiaotong University
E239910
Southwest Jiaotong University is a prominent Chinese institution renowned for its engineering and transportation research, particularly in railway and civil engineering fields.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Imperial Chinese Railway College | 1 |
| SWJTU | 1 |
| Southwest Jiaotong University canonical | 1 |
| Tangshan Jiaotong University | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1909879 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwest Jiaotong University Context triple: [Sichuan Province, hasFamousUniversity, Southwest Jiaotong University]
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A.
Chongqing University
Chongqing University is a major national research university in China known for its strong engineering, technology, and architecture programs.
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B.
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xi'an Jiaotong University is a major national research university in China known for its strong engineering, technology, and management programs and its status as a member of the prestigious C9 League.
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C.
Northwestern Polytechnical University
Northwestern Polytechnical University is a leading Chinese research university known for its strengths in aeronautics, astronautics, and marine engineering.
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D.
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China is a leading Chinese research university renowned for its strengths in electronic engineering, information technology, and related high-tech disciplines.
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E.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University is one of China’s oldest and most prestigious research universities, renowned for its strong engineering, science, and technology programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwest Jiaotong University Target entity description: Southwest Jiaotong University is a prominent Chinese institution renowned for its engineering and transportation research, particularly in railway and civil engineering fields.
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A.
Chongqing University
Chongqing University is a major national research university in China known for its strong engineering, technology, and architecture programs.
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B.
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xi'an Jiaotong University is a major national research university in China known for its strong engineering, technology, and management programs and its status as a member of the prestigious C9 League.
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C.
Northwestern Polytechnical University
Northwestern Polytechnical University is a leading Chinese research university known for its strengths in aeronautics, astronautics, and marine engineering.
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D.
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China is a leading Chinese research university renowned for its strengths in electronic engineering, information technology, and related high-tech disciplines.
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E.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University is one of China’s oldest and most prestigious research universities, renowned for its strong engineering, science, and technology programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engineering university
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public university ⓘ research university ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
China Railway
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surface form:
China Railway Corporation
Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| focusArea |
rail transit
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traffic engineering ⓘ transportation infrastructure ⓘ urban rail transit ⓘ |
| formerName |
Southwest Jiaotong University
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Imperial Chinese Railway College
Southwest Jiaotong University self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tangshan Jiaotong University
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| foundingLocation | Shitang, Tangshan, Hebei ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 1896 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ |
| hasCampusIn |
Chengdu
ⓘ
Emeishan city ⓘ
surface form:
Emeishan
Leshan ⓘ |
| hasKeyDiscipline |
civil engineering
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electrical engineering ⓘ mechanical engineering ⓘ transportation engineering ⓘ |
| hasKeyLaboratory |
State Key Laboratory of Rail Transit Engineering Informatization
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State Key Laboratory of Traction Power ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Diligence, Ambition, Realism, Innovation ⓘ |
| hasNotableAlumniIn |
railway industry
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transportation sector ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bridge and tunnel engineering research
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geotechnical engineering research ⓘ high-speed rail technology research ⓘ railway transportation research ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chengdu
ⓘ
Sichuan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Sichuan
|
| memberOf | Excellence League of Chinese Universities ⓘ |
| movedDuring |
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
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| movedTo | Chengdu ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor’s degree
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doctoral degree ⓘ master’s degree ⓘ |
| partOf |
Double First Class University Plan
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Project 211 ⓘ |
| shortName |
Southwest Jiaotong University
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
SWJTU
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| specializedIn |
civil engineering
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electrical engineering ⓘ mechanical engineering ⓘ railway engineering ⓘ transportation engineering ⓘ |
| type | national key university ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Southwest Jiaotong University Description of subject: Southwest Jiaotong University is a prominent Chinese institution renowned for its engineering and transportation research, particularly in railway and civil engineering fields.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Southwest Jiaotong University
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formerName
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Southwest Jiaotong University
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Imperial Chinese Railway College
Southwest Jiaotong University
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formerName
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Southwest Jiaotong University
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Tangshan Jiaotong University
Southwest Jiaotong University
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shortName
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Southwest Jiaotong University
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this entity surface form:
SWJTU